I dug up an ebook copy of the book so I could copy and paste. (Also, I can't find my hard copy at the moment) Here's a bit from near the end, when the espers are debating the need to combine their powers to demolish Reich right away.
Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
Quote:Powell: But there is an additional development which you have all examined.-----
Reich is about to become a Galactic focal point... A crucial link between the
positive past and the probable future. He is on the verge of a powerful
reorganization at this moment. Time is of the essence. If Reich can readjust and
reorient before I can reach him, he will become immune to our reality,
invulnerable to our attack, and the deadly enemy of Galactic reason and reality.
?
(Alarm)
@kins: Surely, you're exaggerating, Powell.
Powell: Am I? Inspect the picture with me. Look at Reich's position in time and
space. Will not his beliefs become the world's belief? Will not his reality
become the world's reality? Is he not, in his critical position of power,
energy, and intellect, a sure road to utter destruction?
(Conviction)
T'sung: That's true. Nevertheless I'm reluctant to authorize the Mass Cathexis
Measure. You will recall that the MCM has invariably destroyed the human energy
canal in past attempts. You're too valuable to be destroyed, Powell.
Powell: I must be permitted to run the risk, Reich is one of the rare
Universe-shakers... a child as yet, but about to mature. And all reality...
Espers, Normals, Life, the earth, the solar system, the universe itself... all
reality hangs precariously on his awakening. He cannot be permitted to awake to
the wrong reality. I call the question.
Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.